Government House, Darwin is the office and official residence of the Administrator of the Northern Territory. Built between 1870 and 1878, the building is set on 13,000 square metres of hillside gardens in the centre of the Darwin business district, on The Esplanade.

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The original Government House residence was built in 1870–71 on a natural
plateau overlooking Port Darwin. It was constructed of locally-quarried
porcellanite stone. It was added to over time and protected by the Heritage
Conservation Act ...

This photograph, of morning tea at Darwin's Government House in 1938, is one of a series of personal photographs of Northern Territory Administrator C.L.A. Abbott and his family held by the National Archives of Australia. Abbott became Administrator of the Northern Territory in 1937, continuing through the difficult years of World War II. Lucky to survive a bomb blast during Japanese raids on Darwin in early 1942, the Abbotts were evacuated along with much of Darwin's civilian population. Abbott returned to Government House in mid-1945 and remained as Administrator until May 1946. The image should be cited as NAA: M10, 2/143. More photographs of the Abbotts' life in the Northern Territory can be found by searching for 'M10' as 'series number' in the National Archives image bank, PhotoSearch. You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purpose you must contact the National Archives of Australia to request permission.